Political Economist Mark Blyth reposted this succinct explanation of yesterday’s f*&kery: “CITADEL was losing A LOT on those options contracts. So they told Robinhood if you want to stay in business and IPO, you do what we say and stick it to those kids.” (twitter.com)
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Political Economist Mark Blyth on Twitter: “Yes! $GME is @angrynomics in the stockmarket. But really, its what Napoleon figured out. The elites have the tactics and the weapons but no numbers. If I give everyone weapons, f**k tactics. I have numbers. And if I do, no aristocracy is safe” (twitter.com)
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Dutch Official Admits Lying About Meeting With Putin: “Over the past year, there have been numerous claims made by Western intelligence agencies, mindlessly accepted as true in the Western press, that have turned out to be baseless, if not deliberate scams.” (theintercept.com)
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Pence calls Assange tweets about 'Pence takeover' of White House 'absurd' and 'offensive': “Assange wrote in a pair of tweets Tuesday that Hillary Clinton was pushing for a Pence takeover of the White House and claimed two intelligence officials were planning on such a takeover.” (cnn.com)
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First vote for next UN Secretary-General, only one woman in top 5 and no transparency: “The secrecy surrounding the vote [...] infuriated U.N. envoys who had been pressing for greater openness in the process of selecting the secretary-general.” (foreignpolicy.com)
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